William Irvine

William Irvine (3 November 1741-29 July 1804) was a Brigadier-General of the American Revolutionary War and a member of the US House of Representatives from 4 March 1793 to 3 March 1795 for Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district.

Biography
William Irvine was born on 3 November 1741 in the county town of Enniskillen in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland to a Scots-Irish family. Irvine moved to Carlisle, Pennsylvania in North America and became a physician, only to join the Continental Army as a Brigadier-General, serving on the frontier against the Native Americans. Irvine convinced William Crawford to lead the 1782 Crawford Expedition against the Indians on the frontier, leading to the defeat of the Americans and the execution of Crawford. Irvine became a member of the US House of Representatives for an at-large congressional district in his home state of Pennsylvania after the war, and he died in Philadelphia in 1804.